ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2020
Psychological factors and pain catastrophizing in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS): a meta-analysis.
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- Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS): An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial factors associated with pain and health-related quality of life in Endometriosis: A systematic review.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2022Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the associations of elements of the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain with negative affect, depression, anxiety, pain-related disability and pain intensity.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Neurobiology of Anxiety and Depression in CP/CPPS: A Narrative Review of Underlying Mechanisms.Neurology international · 2026Review
- A large-scale multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Acupuncture-Related Interventions for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
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- Effects of personalized nursing on treatment adherence and clinical symptoms in prostatitis patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Hypertension and urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: An analysis of MAPP-I data.BMC urology · 2024Article
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- The methodological quality assessment of systematic reviews/meta-analyses of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome using AMSTAR2.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- Experiences of pain debut and healthcare received in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome.BMC urology · 2023Article
- Psychological Profile in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The ALFF Alterations of Spontaneous Pelvic Pain in the Patients of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Evaluated by fMRI.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Evaluation of psychological stress, cortisol awakening response, and heart rate variability in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome complicated by lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The chicken or the egg: Longitudinal changes in pain and catastrophizing in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a chronic disease with a variety of psychosocial and somatic symptoms. CP/CPPS has substantial health care costs with unclear etiology, which may be caused by psychosocial factors. Moreover, previous studies suggested that cognitive processes played a crucial role in the perception of somatic pain. Therefore, the aim of this meta-analysis was to analyze the psychosocial characteristics in men with CP/CPPS, especially the symptom of pain catastrophizing.
methodsRelevant publications were searched in different databases including PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar and the Cochran Library using the search terms of "Chronic prostatitis", "Chronic pelvic pain syndrome", "Psychosocial" and "Catastrophizing". The prevalence of psychological factors and pain catastrophizing in men with CP/CPPS were extracted and calculated.
resultsTen studies inclusive of 1,308 patients were included. Analysis of NIH-CPSI scores showed that the severity of CP/CPPS was 23.20 (95% CI: 21.13-25.28). The severity of pain catastrophizing was 13.81 (95% CI: 9.83-17.79) estimated by coping strategies questionnaire (CSQ), while the severity of pain catastrophizing was 24.83 (95% CI: 9.19-40.47) estimated by pain catastrophizing scale (PCS). The prevalence of psychosocial symptom was 0.43 (95% CI: 0.32-0.55), while the prevalence of pain catastrophizing was 0.26 (95% CI: 0.21-0.31).
conclusionsThe psychological factors and pain catastrophizing in men with CP/CPPS was serious. Furthermore, the prevalence of psychosocial symptom and pain catastrophizing was high. There might be a link between pain catastrophizing and somatic symptoms in CPPS. Thus, further prospective studies are needed to evaluate the importance of psychosocial factors in symptom severity of CP/CPPS.
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